Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-12-31
RED SHIRT IN BATTLE.
The Sioux Chief Spins Big Yarn for .
 London Reporter.


 The Sioux Chief Spins Big Yarn for
 London Reporter.
 "Yes," continued Red Shirt II will tell you of great fight of the Sioux Nation with the Pawnees, who were always bad Indians. They had met our people on the hunt aud killed them; they had attacked our villages and car ried away our squaws and children, and their young braves came like serpents in the grass and stole away our horses. The Sioux Nation offered to make a treaty of peace with the Pawnees, but the bad Indians refused, and the Grand Council of the Sioux sat down to dis euss how we should punish these bad people, and every chief there spoke for going on the war-path. Then we made ready to fight. It is fifteen years ago, and was young chief then; but my father, who was great chief, was on the war-path and l was eager to prove myself warrior in hts eyes. collected my young men and we set out, alto gether thirteen hundred strong, under sixteen big chiefs. The most experi- enced warriors were sent on two days march in advance to scout and scouts were thrown out on every side to guard against surprise. For eight days our braves marched against the enemy. and then some spies came back and told us that they had found the Pawnee village. Many of the Pawnee braves were on big hunt, but nearly all the remainder of the tribe were at the village. We gathered around the camp without being discovered, and the great chiefs told the young men how the battle was to be fought.
 Not till the signal was given for attack did the Pawnees find out their enemies were near. Some of the Paw necs were towards and ran before we got into the village, but the majority stayed to fight for their wigwams and to die for them. They were surprised, and in one great dash we cleared their lodges and wigwams. I was armed with a long spear. Nearly all our braves had spears, and bows and ar rows, but many had guns, too. ran to young chief who stood to guard his lc lge. He was a brave and good warrior, but he fell before my spear, and his scalp adorned my belt. Near by four Pawnee braves stood in bunch and made a great fight against the attacks of some of our young men. 1 joined them, and with my long spear killed each one of those four braves, and the scalps 1 added to the one all ready on my belt. Then the fight was almost done. The Pawnees left alive tried to get to their fast horses. but our young men were too quick for them. It was a running fight, and they were scalped almost as they ran. I met three women running for the horses. Two were armed with knives and one with club, but killedall three did not take their hair A brave boasts not of killing women, and woman's scalp adorns not chiefs lodge. There was no hesitation about killing their women and children. They had killed ours, and revenge is sweet to the red man. All, however, we, not killed, for we took thirty-six squ;, l prisoners and carried them back to the Sioux camp. where we were hailed with | shouts of victory, for we had brought back with us over five hundred scalps to show that these bad Indians had been punished. Besides we had all their horses and stores and trophies to make glad the hearts of our squaws.
 That fight took place in the south ern country of the Big Beaver; but the white man holds that land now, and the Indian has gone nearer the setting sun. Another grand council was held on our return, when we agreed to send the thirty-six prisoners back to their tribe-for we felt some pity for them theu-mounted on our best horses and loaded with presents, and the message we sent with them was that we had tried to make treaty with them, they would not listen to our words, and they continued to attack our people and s+aal our horses. Now we had killed all we could find except the women, and those we sent back to tell them how we punished bad Indians who interfere with the Sioux Nation. "-St. Janles' Budget.